Last updated October 2026
Mount Maunganui College is a state, co-educational secondary school for Years 9 to 13 at 565 Maunganui Road in Mount Maunganui. It opened in 1959 and had 1,686 students on its roll at 1 October 2026.
The college has had a home zone since 2022, covering all of Mount Maunganui and Matapihi and parts of Kairua and Pāpāmoa Beach. Its co-curricular programme takes in sport, music, dance, drama and kapa haka, and it enrols fee-paying international students, with homestays arranged through the school.
At a glance
- Principal
- Alastair Sinton
- Address
- 565 Maunganui Road, Mount Maunganui
- Phone
- 07 575 3096
Home zone
Suburbs in the zone: all of Mount Maunganui and Matapihi.
Parts of Kairua and Pāpāmoa Beach: check your street.
Zone boundaries are set by the school’s enrolment scheme and can change. Confirm your address with the school before you rely on it.
NCEA results
School leavers with NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with all New Zealand school leavers.
This school New Zealand
School leavers are students who left school that year, whatever year level they left from.
Who goes here
Share of the 1,686 students who identify with each group. Students can name more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
45 international students
MELAA: Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
Stand-downs and suspensions
Cases per 1,000 students in 2025, adjusted for the ages of the school’s students, compared with all New Zealand schools.
Suspensions: fewer than 5 cases in 2025, so no rate is shown.
These measure how a school responds to behaviour, and schools set their own thresholds, so they are not a measure of how students behave.
What ERO found
The Education Review Office’s latest report on the college is a School Profile Report from 24 August 2022, setting out an evaluation focused on learning in Years 9 and 10. ERO described a strong and inclusive school culture, leadership that puts equity and excellence first, and teaching that attends to both ako (teaching and learning together) and hauora (wellbeing).
Its next steps were to build students’ ownership of their own learning, keep strengthening identity, belonging and high expectations for every student, and make better use of assessment information to track junior students’ progress and support those who need to catch up. ERO also reported on the college’s provision for international students the same month.
Enrolling
Students who live in the home zone have the right to enrol. The board adopted the current enrolment scheme and zone in 2021 to manage roll growth, and any places left for out-of-zone students are offered under that scheme, by ballot when there are more applicants than places. Out-of-zone applications for 2027 have closed.
Check your address against the zone boundary before you apply, and contact the school if your street sits near the edge.
Schools nearby
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Questions parents ask
Is Mount Maunganui College zoned?
It has a home zone covering all of Mount Maunganui and Matapihi and parts of Kairua and Pāpāmoa Beach.
What years does it teach?
Years 9 to 13.
How many students go there?
1,686 at 1 Oct 2026.
Does it ask for donations?
No. It is in the donation scheme, so it only asks for donations for school camps.
What is its Equity Index?
452. The Ministry of Education’s Equity Index estimates the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, from 344 (fewest) to 569 (most). It is used to share out funding, not as a measure of quality.
How did its school leavers do in NCEA?
In 2025, 83.1% of its school leavers had NCEA Level 2 or above, compared with 77.8% of all New Zealand school leavers.
Updated automatically when the Ministry publishes new data.
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Sources and data notes 1
- School facts: School details and roll: Ministry of Education school directory, 11 Nov 2026 (CC BY 4.0). Home zone: Ministry of Education enrolment zones (CC BY 4.0). NCEA results, roll history and stand-downs: Education Counts, school leavers 2023 to 2025, stand-downs 2025, rolls 2021 to 2025 (CC BY 4.0).